The Color Purple [Signed]
Language: English
Published by Washington Square Press / Pocket Books, New York, 1983
Series: Book 1 of 3 - The Color Purple
- Signed
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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New York: Washington Square Press / Pocket Books, 1983. Later printing. Octavo (21cm); pictorial paper wrappers; 251 pp. Wrappers are rubbed with some small chips to head and foot of spine; spine crease. Some scuffing and rubbing to wrappers; back panel toned. Small puncture mark on back wrapper goes through until roughly page 205. Text remains legible. Previous owner's name and gift inscription on title page; "Luke, I want you to have this book and not for you to return it. Just because I love you." Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Signed without inscription by Alice Walker on title page in green ink.
Seller Inventory # 48951
- Title
- The Color Purple [Signed]
- Author
- Alice Walker
- Publisher
- Washington Square Press / Pocket Books, New York
- Publication year
- 1983
- Condition
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0671458531
- ISBN 13
- 9780671458539
- Item weight
- 2 pounds
- Series
- Book 1 of 3: The Color Purple
- Seller catalogs
- Black Studies / Black Arts and Artists, Fiction, Signed
Then her husband's lover, a flamboyant blues singer, barreled into her world and gave Celie the courage to ask for more - to laugh, to play, and finally - to love.
--back cover
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From the Back Cover
The Color Purple is the story of two sisters—one a missionary to Africa and the other a child wife living in the South—who remain loyal to one another across time, distance, and silence. Beautifully imagined and deeply compassionate, this classic of American literature is rich with passion, pain, inspiration, and an indomitable love of life.
"Intense emotional impact . . . Indelibly affecting . . . Alice Walker is a lavishly gifted writer."—The New York Times Book Review
"Places Walker in the company of Faulkner."—The Nation
"Superb . . . A work to stand beside literature of any time and place."—San Francisco Chronicle
"The Color Purple is an American novel of permanent importance."—Newsweek
"Marvelous characters . . . A story of revelation . . . One of the great books of our time."--Essence
[banner] Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award
[bio]
Bestselling novelist Alice Walker is also the author of three collections of short stories, three collections of essays, six volumes of poetry and several children's books. Her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, Walker now lives in northern California.
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